The Supreme Court of Russia on Monday ruled in favor of the nationalist pro-Kremlin Rodina (Motherland) party and barred Yabloko (Apple) — Russia's only anti-war party — from participating in September parliamentary elections.
Rodina accuses Yabloko of receiving undeclared financial support from Western sources, among other things.
Arguing before the court, Yabloko vehemently denied the accusations and railed against Rodina's lack of supporting evidence.
The nationalist pro-Kremlin Rodina party brought the case, accusing Yabloko of receiving foreign funding, yet without providing evidence to support the claimImage: Pavel Seleznev/TASS/picture alliance
On Monday, Judge Vyacheslav Kirillov said, "The claims seeking to annul the registration of the federal list of candidates for the State Duma of the ninth convocation, nominated by the Yabloko political party, were granted."
